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New York Times article about PGD and COVID

December 8, 2021

As Covid Deaths Rise, Lingering Grief Gets a New Name

Prolonged grief disorder was recently added to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, just as experts are predicting a coming wave of severe bereavement.

https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.nytimes.com_2021_12_08_well_mind_prolonged-2Dgrief-2Ddisorder-2Dcovid.html-3Fsmid-3Dem-2Dshare&d=DwIFAg&c=lb62iw4YL4RFalcE2hQUQealT9-RXrryqt9KZX2qu2s&r=... Read More

'Time don't heal it': The 'grief pandemic' from COVID-19 will torment Americans for years, experts say

May 31, 2021

The pandemic — and the political battles and economic devastation that have accompanied it — have inflicted unique forms of torment on mourners, making it harder to move ahead with their lives than with a typical loss, said sociologist Holly Prigerson, co-director of the Cornell Center for Research on End-of-Life Care.

See the full article of how Dr. Prigerson comments on the COVID-19 and the grief pandemic at USA Today.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/05/30/grief... Read More

Martin Viola

Martin Viola is awarded a grant from the WITH Foundation to study end-of-life care for people with intellectual disabilities

June 3, 2020

Martin Viola, MA, Research Assistant at the Center for Research on End-of-Life Care, along with co-Director Holly G. Prigerson, have been awarded a grant from the WITH Foundation to investigate treatment disparities among patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities at the end of life. This project will use medical record data and stakeholder feedback to design an educational intervention for critical care and palliative care clinicians aimed at reducing potential disparities.... Read More

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